‘TOURISM UNITES CULTURES’

On September 27, we celebrate the World Tourism Day, promoted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which has enjoyed even from its very first celebration in 1980 the support of the Holy See.

The theme of this year, “Tourism Linking Cultures,” wishes to highlight the importance that traveling has in the meeting of the different cultures of the world, especially in our present day world where more than ninety million people travel internationally, favored thus by modern means of communication and lower associated costs… Read more »

Wieħed mir-riżultati pożittivi tas-Sinodu Djoċesan li sar fis-snin 1999-2003 kien l-introduzzjoni ta’ Assemblea Djoċesana li tiltaqa’ kull sena. L-Assemblea ta’ din is-sena, it-tmien waħda wara s-Sinodu, qed tiltaqa’ llum u għada.

L-għan tal-Assemblea hu li jiltaqgħu flimkien mal-Arċisqof il-mexxejja tal-oqsma kollha tal-Knisja f’Malta – kunsilli ewlenin, kongregazzjonijiet reliġjużi, segretarjati u kummissjonijiet djoċesani, parroċċi, għaqdiet u movimenti, skejjel – u nies oħra involuti mill-qrib fil-ħidma pastorali tal-Knisja, biex jagħmlu evalwazzjoni tas-sitwazzjoni tal-Knisja fis-soċjetà Maltija llum, fid-dawl tal-Pjan Pastorali, u jagħtu ħarsa wkoll ’il quddiem… Read more »

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP se jippresiedi l-Assemblea Djoċesana tal-Knisja f’Malta li se tiltaqa’ nhar il-Ġimgħa 23 ta’ Settembru filgħaxija u s-Sibt 24 ta’ Settembru filgħodu, fiċ-Ċentru Animazzjoni u Komunikazzjoni, B’Kara.

Din hi laqgħa annwali li tiġbor flimkien mal-Arċisqof il-mexxejja tal-oqsma kollha tal-Knisja f’Malta – il-membri tal-kunsill presbiterali u tal-kunsill pastorali djoċesan, id-delegati tal-Arċisqof fis-Segretarjati u Kummissjonijiet Djoċesani, il-provinċjali tal-kongregazzjonijiet reliġjużi, il-kappillani, il-kapijiet tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja, il-mexxejja tal-għaqdiet u l-movimenti tal-Knisja, u diversi persuni oħra li jagħtu sehemhom fil-ħajja tal-Knisja… Read more »

At a meeting which took place between the Maltese Episcopal Conference and the Conference of the Religious Major Superiors, it was decided to publish this statement:

With reference to the facts and allegations which led to the decision given by the Magistrates’ Court some weeks back (which is still pending before the Courts, and hence cannot be prejudiced in any way), the Church authorities in Malta and Gozo, declare that they have been given legal advice, in the sense that, in this particular case, the Church, as an institution, does not have any legal responsibility for what was perpetrated by some individuals and that she cannot take upon herself such responsibility… Read more »

A delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders returned to the United States from Iran hoping that their six-day visit will improve relations between the two squabbling countries in a way that diplomatic channels have not. The four-member delegation, which included Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, also hoped to be accompanied on the return home Sept. 19 by a pair of American hikers still being incarcerated by Iranian authorities on charges of espionage and entering Iran illegally, but was sidetracked because a judge who could approve their release was on vacation… Read more »